From a May 31 editorial in The Record: “Similarly, a plan to institute a $2 a month tax on prescription drugs seems to target the ill and elderly and would generate only $20 million. Is this really how the state wants to raise its money?”

We would assume the Record knows the difference between a tax and a co-pay, but then again it is the Bergen Record.

A savings of $13 million will be generated by a $2 co-pay on prescription drugs in fee-for-service and Managed Care plans. To preserve access and health for all beneficiaries, co-pays are limited to $10 per month, and pregnant women and children are exempt from the new requirements."